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Gone in 60 Seconds [UMD for PSP]

5 star:		(127)
4 star:		(85)
3 star:		(44)
2 star:		(35)
1 star:		(60)

 

 

When it comes to reviewing movies like Gone in 60 Seconds, the critics are just plain stupid. You can't rate this film on Grammy Categories. This is a flick about cars. Sexy, fast, adrenaline pumping, loud, oh-my-god-it's-in-digital-surround-sound cars. There's nothing like hearing a Supercharged-Nitrous-pumping 1967 Shelby GT 500 Mustang in Digital Surround. I don't care what the critics gave this movie. With a kick-ass cast and supporting stars with names of Porsche, Lamborghini, BMW, Hemi Cuda and Ferrari just to name a few; you can't go wrong. And there was actually a plot. You have to remember this is a 100% guy movie. When I stepped out of the theatre I heard booster wanna-be's revving up their ladies all over the parking lot. That's what this movie is about. If you actually try to rate this movie, you'll be dissapointed. But if you just sit back, relax, and picture yourself in the driver's seat, you'll absolutely love it. I'd recommend it to every guy who has ever exceeded the speed limit. (and come on, how can you give a movie with Angelina Jolie in it a bad rating...)

I have had the chance to watch several movies in BluRay and HD DVD. This movie stays to it's wonderful action and great story. Although if you are looking for a movie with an excellent picture this one is not it. Not having this movie on DVD helped make the purchase easier. I have always enjoyed the intense action and the excellent acting which don't always go together. Overall that is what makes this an excellent fun film to watch.

Now on the Blu Ray scale. In many Blu Ray movies you either get two things. A picture that is almost crystal clear with no distortion or a movie with grainy hd picture. I was disappointed when I made this my first blu ray movie. I almost began to think that this was a blu ray standard. Although after watching other movies I know better. I don't believe they spent as much time as they should have transferring this movie over to hd. That is generally the problem with some movies. And for the price of Blu Ray players and the Blue Ray Discs you should only have the best picture. So I only consider this a worthwhile investment for people who have either never seen the movie or have not bought the dvd version.

Gone in 60 seconds is story about a retired car thief who is forced back into the business when his kid brother ends up on the wrong side of a psychotic gangster. Nicolas Cage's assignment is simple enough, for $200, 000 he must steal 50 cars ... or his brother dies.

This movie was blasted by every critic that I saw, however, I think that the critics were overly harsh. Gone in 60 seconds is a high adrenaline, car chase film that requires the viewer to use the same powers of "willing suspension of disbelief" that are necessary for most of Nicolas Cage's action films. Nicolas Cage and a fairly impressive supporting cast (including Robert Duvall, Delroy Lindo, Angelina Jolie) give decent performances despite a script that under used them. Giovanni Ribisi is perfect in the role of Nicolas Cage's over confident younger brother.

Great acting, however, is not what this film is about. This film is about fast cars and lots of action, which it delivers. After a brief introduction to the characters, we get to watch how the thieves stalk the individual cars, a part that I found interesting. After this point, it is pretty much a none stop car chase scene, which was fairly well filmed and has a pretty good soundtrack to keep your adrenaline pumped.

This may not be the most original or deepest film out there but it is another good action film that is worth renting.

What can anyone say about a no-holds barred Nick Cage movie with fast cars, faster women, and non-stop pyrotechnics other than the fact that it fairly rocks? While surely not providing any ostensible grist for Academy Award nominations, other than perhaps for best special effects with all the car sequences, and some imaginative chase set-ups and scenes, this is a strictly by-the-numbers action flick, meant to appeal to the young set, and still appeal to old guys like me who enjoy a pleasant evening away from the "sturm und drang' of everyday life.

All that said, I really did enjoy watching the movie, although I had no doubt as to the resolution of the existential dilemma presented to Nick, given the fact he is the most worthy of the anti-heroes in recent memory, a good "bad" guy we root for from the very start. And he does have a special woman, (no, not the sexy Angelina Jolie, although she is sweet indeed) by the way of his special personal vehicle, a super-charge mustang he refers to by name, and seems to have male-female kind of bond with. The supporting cast here is terrific, from Robert Duvall to Will Patton and many, many others, all of whom contribute to a tight, entertaining, and eminently enjoyable ride of a lifetime. Enjoy!

In the VHS era, the "extended cut" was generally reserved for Jim Cameron films like "Aliens" and "T2: Judgment Day". They gave movie fans a chance to see elaborate sequences that were often cut due to the overly-long running times of the features. With the introduction of DVD, major studios are cashing in by putting together extended cuts of major blockbusters by throwing in some missing scenes. In some cases, the "unrated" cut is the version that the director intended to be seen but due to the MPAA giving it an "NC-17" rating, the studio is forced to hold off until home video in order to show it in its uncut form. Lately though, "Unrated" is just a new word thrown out to make the new version seem like it's too extreme to be shown in theatres, when it's actually just the same version with scenes included that weren't given a rating by the MPAA.

There is no guiltier pleasure than the Jerry Bruckheimer summer blockbuster. It's where music video directors go to cut their teeth in the movie industry and Oscar winners go to get their payday. 2000's remake of "Gone In 60 Seconds" with Bruckheimer staples Nicolas Cage and Will Patton is the ultimate celebration of all things one should associate with Bruckheimer. It's a big, loud car chase film filled with outrageous stunts, phoned-in performances, cliche characters, bad racial stereotypes, and a whole lot of noise.

"60 Seconds" stars Nicolas Cage as retired car theif, Memphis Raines, who is forced back into the game when a cheesy mobster type (with perhaps the most annoying accent in cinema history) threatens to kill his younger brother if he doesn't steal 50 cars in one night. Along for the ride is Delroy Lindo's veteran police officer who is still stewing over the missed opportunity of arresting Raines in his "heyday". There's plenty of great actors standing around including Robert Duvall, Angelina Jolie, and the afore-mentioned Patton. There's also hardly a racial sterotype that the movie doesn't throw in. You've got the Asian girl who can't drive, the Mexican car-jackers protecting their turf, and T.J. Cross as the "token black guy" who knows he's the token black guy and won't shut up about it. Still despite it all, I'd be lying if I said this movie isn't watchable.

This extended version is released as the "director's cut" so one can assume director Dominic Sena put his stamp of approval on this one. You might think that with a luxury like this, he would have included a few more character moments but in fact, the strongest such moment in the theatrical cut, a sequence with Nicolas Cage and Giovani Risbi has actually been removed and replaced with an alternate scene that is far less powerful. For its "nine minutes of added footage", there are a few subtle differences but nothing worth writing home about. As for its "Unrated" tag, if this cut were submitted to the MPAA, it would more than likely receive the same PG-13 rating as the theatrical version. If you already own this movie on DVD, it's not really worth the upgrade.

Personally I loved this movie, great cars, fast action, and a few scenes with Angelina Jolie. There could have been more scenes with her, but the movie's true stars were the incredible cars. This is the type of movie that a subscriber to Road and Track will love and a fan of quality foreign films will hate. If you love exciting action flicks and cool cars, watch this movie. If you are looking for a quality movie watch Gladiator or American Beauty, which are both great movies in the very sense of the word. Gone in 60 seconds isn't exactly Cage's best work, but it was one of the most entertaining movies I have seen in a while.

I'm a big fan of Bruckheimer's films. When I saw the trailer for GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS, Bruckhiemer's remake of the 60's classic, I was thrilled. So when June 9th rolled around and the new Bruckheimer flick hit theaters, I was there, and I loved every minute of it! The movie has a simplistic but addicting plot: Memphis Raines (Nicholas Cage) is a retired car thief who is trying to stay away from his old life of crime. His little brother Kip (Giovnni Ribisi), however, has grown up to be just like his hero, Memphis. Kip decides to to get involved with a dangerous boost, in which he must steal 50 top-of-the line cars. When Kip gets into trouble, his boss kidnaps him and finds Memphis. Memphis has two choices: Steal all 50 cars in 48 hours, or watch his brother die.

Memphis takes the Boost.

He assembles his old team: Otto (Robert Duvall), and expert on stripping down cars, Donny (Chi McBride), an old timer car thief, The Sphinx (Vinnie Jones), a rough and tough friend of memphis, and Switch (Angelina Jolie), Memphis's old girlfriend. After careful planning, Memphis and his friends start what could become the most impressive car boost ever.

The rest of the movie if packed with intense police chases, ear-shattering explosions, and oh so many beautiful cars! As with any Bruckheimer film, the viewer leaves the movie with a feeling of adrenaline, and Gone in Sixty Seconds is no exception.

The perfect mix of action, acting, music, and effects make this movie one to own. If your looking for a feel good movie with lots of eye candy, you've need look no further. Gone In Sixty Seconds is your movie.

Well, no one can say this movie did not have enough action, or not enough chase scenes, and did I mention the cars? Critics who tore this movie apart really need to stop complaining about films that are only made to entertain. It seems that some idiot invented an unwritten rule that says "movies have to have deep involving scripts to be good." It IS true that well made films have good scripts, good characters that we can relate to, and most importantly, an involving story. Well then I guess this isn't a well made film, but SO WHAT, it's entertaining, fun, and pleasing to the eyes (cars, fun action) and ears (very loud, get on DVD). It's definately a car movie. Check it out if you can take the action

As far as action movies go, "Gone In 60 Seconds" is a pretty good one for my tastes - a good butter-on-popcorn movie. What I'd like to alert others to is that, while this "Director's Cut" disc contains a number of good behind-the-scenes-type special features, the version of the actual movie that's on it is VERY different in feel from the theatrical release, which of course was the same version that was on the first release of the movie on VHS as well as on DVD. This new version uses more than a few different scene takes and different camera angles that did the theatrical release. In places, it also seems to be edited differently from the first-released version. A number of the cuts from scene to scene are different. And some scenes were cut and replaced by others. Obviously, any "director's cut" version of a movie, by definition, is going to be different from the original version. But if the version is THIS different, it's only fair to the customer that he/she be given viewing options. This was done in the latest release of "The Bourne Identity" on DVD, for example. Both the original and the new version of that movie were put on the disc, so the viewer could choose between the new version with the added or differently edited scenes, or the original version that he/she was familiar with and had enjoyed in theaters.

This review is strictly on the quality of the HD transfer. The story alone is great whether on VHS, DVD, or HD. However, the transfer to HD isn't as good as I would have hoped. I'm actually not very demanding in regards to perfect HD quality, but lets face it, this transfer leaves a lot to be desired. I have this movie in DVD and Blu-ray. It does look better in blu-ray, however I don't feel that it was that much better that it was worth the extra cost. In some scenes, it felt like I was watching the DVD. This transfer was actually one of the more disappointing bluray transfer that I have seen. I did not notice any pixelation, but everything just wasn't sharp or defined as a true HD movie. I would recommend it if you don't already have this on DVD.